Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Specialist

Do you have a passion for leveraging your pharmaceutical expertise to solve complex supply chain challenges? Are you driven by a desire to contribute to a mission that delivers life‑saving aid to vulnerable communities? Samaritan’s Purse Canada (SPC) is excited to announce an incredible opportunity for a dedicated Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Specialist to join our Programs and Projects Department (P&PD)!

Samaritan’s Purse is a Christian international relief organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ.

As the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Specialist, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safe, compliant, and effective delivery of essential pharmaceutical products to our field teams and partner organizations. Working closely with our International Health Unit and within the broader Disaster Response Team, you will be responsible for all aspects of pharmaceutical supply chain management – encompassing sourcing, inventory management, regulatory compliance, and the efficient deployment of medical supplies to our field programs.

This includes monitoring inventory levels, analyzing supply needs during emergency responses, and contributing to the development of a robust and reliable global pharmaceutical supply chain. As an integral member of the team, this role will help SPC carry out its mission and objectives through participation in daily prayer ministry.

The successful candidate will fulfill a full‑time permanent position in the Calgary head office. This position includes benefits of life insurance, medical/dental and short‑term/long‑term disability, RRSP contributions after one year of employment, and 15 vacation days per year to start.

• Support and maintain compliance with Health Canada requirements, including the Drug Establishment License (DEL), regulatory documentation, audits, and inspections.
• Lead pharmaceutical quality assurance activities, including the development and maintenance of SOPs related to storage, cold chain management, documentation, and corrective actions.
• Ensure compliant management of controlled drugs, including secure storage, documentation, transport, chain‑of‑custody, and disposal.

• Manage pharmaceutical inventory, including ordering, tracking, expiry monitoring, rotation, reconciliation, and cold chain oversight.
• Work closely with Medical Supply Chain, pharmacists, and Medical Operations teams to safely integrate pharmaceuticals into packing, transport, and deployment workflows.
• Support pharmaceutical staging, packing, load‑out, deployment handoff, and post‑deployment reset to ensure operational readiness.
• Monitor pharmaceutical lifecycle risks such as expiry, degradation, obsolescence, and supply vulnerabilities.
• Ensure safe handling, storage, transport, and disposal of pharmaceuticals across all operational phases.

• Maintain awareness of pharmaceutical import/export regulations and collaborate with logistics and legal teams to support compliant international movement of products.
• Prepare or support export documentation for pharmaceutical and related medical shipments.
• Support pharmaceutical configuration within Emergency Field Hospital (EFH) modules in alignment with clinical protocols and formulary standards.

• Serve as the primary pharmacy point of contact for assigned Country Offices, providing guidance on pharmaceutical usage, inventory management, regulatory compliance, deployment preparation, and troubleshooting.
• Provide training and technical support to Country Office staff on pharmaceutical quality, safe handling, storage, and compliant workflows.
• Support global disaster response activities and as required, serve on the Incident Management Team (IMT) or Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) in a pharmacy or medical supply chain…